Improved skate-fastening



PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WEBER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVED SKATE-FASTENING.

Syecification forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,133, dated April 7,1863.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE WEBER, of the citj7 of Newark, in the countyof Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements inSkate-Fastenings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full andexact description ot' the same, reference being herein had to thedrawings accompanying this specification, making part of the same.

The nature of my improvement consists in a peculiar manner of securingthe skate to the boot b v a lever-joint and adjustable cramps orcatches.

Figure 1 in the drawings is a perspective view of the skate and theimprovements. Fig. 2 is a at and an edge view of the catch that takeshold of the inner side of the bootheel. Fig. 3 is the jointed lever,showing its connection with'the cramp which takes hold of the outside ofthe boot-heel. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the two parts of the ratch onthe under side of the cramps or catches, to prevent movement whenscrewed down.

Thesame letters refer to the saine parts in each figure.

On the under side of the footrest A, and forming part of the same, is astud, b, constituting a fulcrnm for the lever c. A link, d, connects thelever c with the heel-cramp c at that part of said cramp Where itprojects below the foot-rest A, through which it passes in aslot,f. Thecramp s has on its under side a ratch, as shown at g, Fig. 4, whichrests on the cross bar h, Fig. 4, insuring` the cramp not to slip whenfastened down by the screw t' to the foot-rest A, the object in havingthis toe-cramp adjustable being to adapt the skate to varied lengths ot'boots. The catch k has also a ratch and cross-bar under it, and isadjust able to the varied lengths of heels, and is secured by the screwtto the foot-rest A, and the cramp e is made adjustable in the samemanner. It will be seen that when the levrr c is brought to the positionsho wn in Fig. l, from that shown in Fig. 3, it brings the cramp eforward and presses the heel of the boot onto the points of the catchlc, and also forces tLe sole at the toe hard against the cramp s andholds the skate as fast to the foot as the sole is to the shoe or boot,as the case may be. The lever c, when up, is held in place by the catcho, ino which it is pressed by the side spring, p.

What I claim is- The cramps and catches, constructed and arranged in themanner and for the purpose4 specified, when the same are used incombination with the lever c.

GEORGE WEBER. Witnesses W. M. GoonIiNG, DANIEL CRoNIN. j

